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Monday, August 22, 2016

America's Little Switzerland. Really.

The Frau
recently went back to her Swiss home away from home, New Glarus, Wisconsin, for a very
good reason—to participate in her first-ever triathlon.

But this
was not just any triathlon, mitenand.
This was the Alphornman Triathlon. So how could she not participate?

The race
began with three men playing alphorns. The race ended with a four-hour Volksfest concert featuring
Swiss choirs, Swiss music, Fahnenschwingen with alphorn accompaniment, and a few Wilhelm Tell Guild remarks in Tell Shooting Park. The festival even featured a group from Switzerland itself, the Jodelchörli Alpsteinblick Abtwil.

Volksfest in Tell Shooting Park, New Glarus, WI

The Frau
spoke German with a couple of the men from the Swiss group and English with a
couple of the people from the New Glarus groups. She fit right in with her strange American Swissness, right there in her own country. The entire weekend was wonderful. The
Frau highly recommends a visit to New Glarus for those who feel at home in both Swiss and American culture.

The thing
that is great about New Glarus (besides the chalets and cheese options) is that
you can come, park your big, fat American car that you really hate being required to have, and not move said car for an entire weekend. The whole town is walkable, there’s
a bike path that runs through it, and the Frau’s favorite new restaurant,
Sugar River Pizza, is a two-minute walk from the Chalet Landhaus Inn—even with
a certain four-year-old taking her time.

Room with a perfect view. If you're The Frau.

In fact,
The Frau had such a nice long weekend in New Glarus for the second time this
year, that she is going for a third time soon. To do another triathlon. She’s
now addicted to both New Glarus and triathlons. C'est la vie, mitenand.

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I’m an American writer who moved to Switzerland in 2006 and am now back in the US to determine if I can live anywhere else after being in a country filled with cheese, chocolate, and people who can pronounce my name. The author of Swiss Life: 30 Things I Wish I'd Known www.swisslifebook.com, and 99.9 Ways to Travel Switzerland Like a Local www.swisstravelbook.com, I have written about Switzerland for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN Travel, and many other publications.
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